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THIMBLB.

Patented Deo'. 9, .1884.

WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.;

HENRY M. GUILD, OF VOODBURY, NEW JERSEY.

THIMBLE.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,891, dated December 9, 1884.

Application filed January 12, 1884. (No model.)

.l'o all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY M. GUILD, a citizen of the United States, :residing at Woodbury, in the county of Gloucester, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Thimbles and Thread-Gutters, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in Whichy Figure l is a side elevation of a combined thimble and thread-cutter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view thereof. Fig. 34 is a. central vertical section thereof. Fig. 4 is a view of the inner face of the guard thereof detached, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation vof the blade or cutter detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several igures.

My invention consists of certain improvements in a combined thimble and thread-cutter, the construction and advantages whereof being hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a cutter or blade, and B represents a plate which is employed for securing the blade to a thimble and constitutes the`guard therefor. On the inner face of the plate are a groove, a, recesses b b', and a stud or rivet,` c, the recesses being respectively at the top and bottom of the guard and extending at a right angle to the groove a. The blade A is iitted in the groove a and the guard applied to a thimble, so that the recess b of said guard is in contact with the rim d at the base of the thimble. The stud c is passed through an opening in the thimble and headed or riveted ou its inner end, which is inside of the thimble, thus connecting the guard and blade with the thimble.

It will be seen that the cutting-edge of the blade is exposed at what may be termed the top77 of the guard when the thimble is held upright and extends transversely from the guard to the thimble and projects above the base of the recess b. It will also be seen that as the blade is tted into the recess a, and as the blade and the guard are held in contact with the thimble, the Wall of the recess b interlocks with the rim d of the thimble, and

the stud rivets the guard to the thimble, the j the edge of the blade, the thread is quickly and easily cut, and as it is presented at an obtuse or acute angle to said edge, it is cut through diagonally, so that the cut ends are thinned out and left in condition for threading or insertion in the eye of a needle. This thinning or pointing action is accomplished by having the cutting-edge of the blade beveled on one side and extending obliquely or upwardly from the outer to the inner end, so that as the thread is pressed against the blade it rides on the oblique edge, which, oWiugto the shearing action it occasions, cuts the thread rapidly in a diagonal direction, pointing or sharpening the end of the same.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A combined thimble and thread-cutter, constructed-of `afthimble, blade, and guard, the guard having a blade-holding groove, a recess which interlocks with the rim of the thimble, and a stud which is riveted to the thimble, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A combined thimble and thread-cutter, constructed of a thimble, blade, and guard, the guard having a blade-holding groove, a recess at a right angle to said groove,and a stud, the thimble having an opening to receive said stud, and the blade having an oblique cutting-edge which is sharpened on one side, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

H. M. GUILD.

Witnesses:

A. P. GRANT, W. F. KIRCHER. 

